A son who inherits is not a son, and a wife who remarries is not a wife. According to the patriarchal system, a son who inherits is not a son anymore. Just like a wife who remarries is not a wife. Li Tai became the nephew of Li Shimin and Qin Wangfei Changsun after his succession. Li Shimin was Li Tai's uncle, and Changsun was Li Tai's aunt.
After Li Shimin ascended to the throne and became emperor, he realized that his nephew Li Tai was very smart and wanted to train him to be the candidate for the crown prince. The crux of the problem was that Li Tai was Li Shimin's nephew, and his inheritance came from Li Xuanba, so he was not qualified to inherit Li Shimin's foundation. Li Shimin had no choice but to take back Li Xuanba as his son, and then passed his nephew Li Baoding to Li Xuanba as his son.
In ancient times, succession was a very serious matter. To succeed a child, you first had to organize a banquet and invite relatives of the family to witness it, and then go to the genealogy to rewrite the name to the heir father's name. In some cases, the child's name was changed after the inheritance. After completing these formalities, the son who passes on the inheritance is not the son of the biological father.
"Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang Biography" records that Zhuge Liang did not have a son until Zhuge Zhan was born, in his 40s. Zhuge Jin took pity on his brother's lack of offspring and passed his second son Zhuge Zhongshen to Zhuge Liang as his son. Zhuge Liang changed Zhuge Zhongshen's name to Zhuge Bersong and made him the eldest son.
There are countless things recorded in official history about succeeding a son. It is also common in history to see the inheritance of daughters. Some people, who gave birth to all sons, wanted to have little cottons. They then picked nieces from within the clan to pass on, and then they had little cotton-padded jackets.
The most famous case of a niece being passed on in history is that of the young Yang Yuhuan who was passed on to her uncle, Yang Xuanzhi. The name "璬" (璬, pronounced "角"), is a kind of beautiful jade. There were three brothers in Yang Xuanwei, one was called Yang Xuan Diem and the other was called Yang Xuan Gui. All of them were of the Xuan Zi generation, and their names were taken to mean beautiful jade.
Yang Xuangui was the real father of Yang Yuhuan, who was the real brother of Yang Xuanwei. Yang Xuangui died during his tenure as the Secretary of Shuzhou, and poor Yang Yuhuan was only nine years old when both of her parents died. Yang Xuan Gui traveled from Henan to Chengdu, took care of his brother's funeral, and then brought his niece Yang Yuhuan back to Luoyang to raise her.
According to the "Collection of Tang Great Edicts", the edict of Emperor Tang Xuanzong that named Yang Yuhuan as the consort of the King of Shou begins with: ? The eldest daughter of Yang Xuanjian, a scholar from Henan Province?
The imperial edict of the court is not a child's play, the line is very serious. The edict called Yang Yuhuan as Yang Xuanwei's eldest daughter, which shows that Yang Xuanwei not only raised Yang Yuhuan, but also succeeded her as a daughter.
Yang Xuanwei devoted a great deal of effort to this little cotton jacket. When Yang Yuhuan was born, she was only nine years old and was not well educated. Yang Xuan璬 cultivated Yang Yuhuan to be a good singer and dancer. Yang Yu Huan was good at singing and dancing, well versed in music and rhythm, and was smart and intelligent. This is the evaluation of Yang Yuhuan in the New Book of Tang, the official history.
The fact that Yang Yuhuan was good at singing and dancing proves that Yang Xuanwei spent a lot of money to cultivate Yang Yuhuan's artistic talent. As we all know, nowadays, it's a big money burner for little girls to enroll in dance interest classes. If you enroll your child in a dance interest class and then a music interest class, you can experience the ? A four-legged, gold-swallowing beast? s meaning.
Yang Yuhuan was not only good at singing and dancing, but also good at musical instruments. Yang Yuhuan played the pipa very well and was also good at striking chimes. The chime is a percussion instrument, usually made of jade, which is very expensive. A girl from an ordinary family could not afford to play this kind of instrument. Yang Xuanjian cultivated Yang Yuhuan to learn to play the pipa and strike the chime, which also burned money.
Yang Yuhuan was not only outstanding in artistic skills, but also in intellectual calculation. It follows that her cultural lessons, too, were not delayed. Through the records of the New Book of Tang, we can see that Yang Xuanjian spent a lot of money and effort to cultivate his daughter, Yang Yuhuan.
Yang Xuan璬 spent so much money in order to cultivate his daughter, and it turned out to be richly rewarded. Tang Xuanzong and Consort Wu Hui, chose a consort for Shou Wang Li Mao. Yang Yuhuan was so colorful that she was crowned as the consort of King Shou. In ancient times, monogamy and concubinage were practiced, and a man had only one main wife. King Shou's first wife was Yang Yuhuan. Yang Xuanwei also became the unique old husband of King Shou because of his daughter.
When Emperor Tang Xuanzong took Yang Yuhuan as his daughter-in-law, he recognized Yang Xuanzong as his in-law. By the time Tang Xuanzong took Yang Yuhuan as his consort, he was desperately trying to set aside the relationship between Yang Guifei and Yang Xuanwei. Yang Yuhuan, under the operation of Tang Xuanzong, became the daughter of Yang Xuan Yan again.
A father-in-law took his daughter-in-law as his consort, a matter that was inevitably criticized at any time. Tang Xuanzong in order to be less criticized, first of all, let Yang Yuhuan monk, married Taoist name said Yang Taizhen. Tang Xuanzong Na Yang Taizhen as a consort, after the fanfare of Yang Xuan Diem as Qi Guo Gong, lieutenant.
Tang Xuanzong such operation, is to tell the world subjects: ? Shou Wangfei is the eldest daughter of Yang Xuanwei, and Yang Guifei is the daughter of Yang Xuanyan.?
Tang Xuanzong did this to try to cover his tracks and minimize public opinion against him for taking his daughter-in-law as a noble consort. Tang Xuanzong posthumously made Yang Xuan Diem a first-ranking lieutenant, but did not posthumously honor Yang Xuan Li. Poor Yang Xuan璬, who had spent so much time and effort to cultivate Yang Yuhuan, did not get the mourning honor he deserved. As a result, there were many people who were upset with Yang Xuanwei.
In my opinion, Yang Xuanwei was indeed wronged. According to the ancient system of succession not being a son, Yang Xuan Yan was the uncle of Yang Guifei, and Yang Xuan Shi was Yang Guifei's father. Duke of Qi and lieutenant of the posthumous title, should be Yang Xuanjian. Tang Xuanzong this matter, really not do the right thing. Tang Xuanzong not do the right thing, was criticized is inevitable, this is the Tang Xuanzong disregard for the etiquette of the daughter-in-law as a consort of the aftermath.